In what we’re secretly hoping is actually a long-game strategy to punk Donald Trump by winning the Emmy he so desperately wanted—but never got—for The Apprentice, Barack and Michelle Obama have signed a multi-year production pact—or, as the company calls it, a “storytelling partnership”— with Netflix.
Despite how much Jeb Bush probably wishes it were the case, political power in this country is not supposed to be passed down along family lines. That being said, the Obamas seemed like a really great family and any one of them—even the dogs—would be better than that asshole currently in the White House, which is why…
Ten months after relinquishing his role as president of the United States, Barack Obama is still hard at work. Now, instead of putting all his energy into championing a better healthcare system or going head-to-head with an obstructionist Senate, he’s just doing cool shit for his wife and making every other man in…
Chance The Rapper puts his money where his mouth is. Following a disappointing meeting with Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner last week to talk about education funding in Chicago, yesterday the recent Grammy winner held a press conference to announce he would be donating $1 million to Chicago Public Schools, which is…
Thanks to his killer vacation, Barack Obama may be the one guy in America who is actually enjoying himself these days (other than Steve Bannon, who is probably having the time of his life in whatever disgusting little hive he’s built for himself underneath Donald Trump’s desk), but the family vacation is eventually…
While the presidency of Donald Trump arrives with a suite of attendant dangers, most pressingly his immediate attempt to ignore the impending destruction of the planet, it is also blended with a great sense of indignity. A charlatan is the president—a liar, a racist, a misogynist, a know-nothing. For anyone who didn’t…
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Monday, December 19. All times are Eastern.
Because Nick Offerman and first lady Michelle Obama weren’t fantastic enough individually, they teamed up with Funny Or Die to create a video for the fitness app #0to60. Building on Michelle Obama’s efforts to get moving, #0to60 includes with tips and other resources for exercise and nutrition to celebrate the 60th…
Before Parker Sawyers started acting—and that was only five years ago—he would “do voices at the office” with his dream job in the back of his mind. He brought that ambition to his portrayal of a young Barack Obama in Richard Tanne’s Southside With You, which chronicles the future leader of the free world’s first date…
While making history as the first woman to win the nomination of a major political party for President of the United States, Hillary Clinton also made two references to the popular musical Hamilton: She quoted the songs “The Story of Tonight” (“I may not live to see our glory/But I will gladly join the fight”) and…
Who knows why, but for whatever reason, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly was moved to defend the concept of slavery after First Lady Michelle Obama mentioned, during her Democratic National Convention speech, that she currently resides in a house built by slaves. On The O’Reilly Factor the other night, he pointed out…
Michelle Obama does not half-ass a rendition of “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It).” She belts, she dances, she does hand gestures. It’s a marvelous thing. The First Lady joined James Corden for a round of Carpool Karaoke to promote Let Girls Learn. So while the two jammed to the aforementioned “Single Ladies” and some…
Netflix’s upcoming Gilmore Girls revival, A Year In The Life, has just announced its second most exciting guest star yet: Michelle Obama. (With apologies to the First Lady, nothing’s going to unseat the fan delight generated by The Return Of Sookie.) Obama posted a picture of herself today on her Snapchat account,…
Back in 2003, Bart Simpson daydreamed of having a “moon party in outer space with R2-D2 playing the bass.” While that particular prophecy has not yet come to pass, President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle managed to do something comparable yesterday when they staged an impromptu White House dance-off with…
On a warm summer day in 1989, a young lawyer named Michelle Robinson agreed to accompany a law firm associate named Barack Obama on an extended date. While strolling through Chicago—discussing their views of the world, attending a community organizing event, taking in some art, catching a showing of Spike Lee’s Do The…
Having dined with kings and queens and traveled the world on official state business, Michelle Obama is now joining an esteemed list of people that includes Billy Dee Williams, Lily Tomlin, and Bob Newhart. That’s right, she’s going to guest star on NCIS! While we’d like to make a joke about the beloved First Lady’s…
It’s one of the most pervasive additions to the world of sports in recent memory, and yet its origins are shrouded in mystery and speculation. Now, the diligent researchers of Vox have laid bare the innermost secrets of that modern miracle of affection-based technology, the kiss cam, in a brand new behind-the-scenes…
Being the First Lady seems like a sweet gig, if only because of the perks that come with the job. You can go on Nashville, hang out with Billy Eichner, visit Qatar with Conan O’Brien, drop some sick rhymes, and probably even blow stuff up with a drone from time to time. This week, Michelle Obama will be making a…
If there’s one thing our country can agree on in this increasingly partisan age, it’s that Michelle Obama is a pretty kick-ass First Lady. Not only does she have her own initiatives like Let’s Move, she promotes them in genuinely funny ways like dancing with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show and playing weird games…
Apparently angling for some kind of job as an ambassador when he’s done with TBS, Conan O’Brien has announced that he’ll be joining First Lady Michelle Obama on an upcoming trip to visit U.S. troops in Qatar. This comes only a few weeks after O’Brien visited Armenia for a special episode of his Conan show (an episode…
